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LANSFORD - It's rare for high school baseball teams to play doubleheaders.

Tamaqua and Panther Valley both attempted the feat Saturday, with totally opposite results.

The Blue Raiders collected a pair of impressive victories, routing Tri-Valley 13-2 in a five-inning non-league game before blanking the Panthers 11-0 in five innings in a Schuylkill League Division I contest.

The Panthers had dropped their first contest of the day 7-1 to Minersville.

For Tamaqua, Brett Kosciolek and Matt Roberts each had big days as the Blue Raiders improved to 4-1 overall.

Kosciolek hit a pair of three-run homers against Tri-Valley, then had a double against Panther Valley. Roberts hit a homer in each game as Tamaqua collected 19 hits on the day.

Cale Bruso drove in both Tri-Valley runs with a double in the third inning.

Against Panther Valley, Derek Rottet pitched a three-hit shutout and Matt Minchoff went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Ian Nicholls also had two RBIs.

Minersville 7 Panther Valley 1

LANSFORD - Aaron Fritz was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored, and Luke Heffron had two hits and two RBIs as the Miners beat the Panthers for their third straight win in as many days.

Winning pitcher Nick McBreen scattered five hits in a complete-game effort for Minersville.

Stephen Terry had two hits for Panther Valley.

Shamokin 12 North Schuylkill 7

COAL TOWNSHIP - Nate Malett and Paul Gurba each had three hits as the Indians overcame an early 7-1 deficit to defeat the previously unbeaten Spartans in a non-league game.

Matt Smarkanic had a two-run double as part of a five-run third inning for North Schuylkill, but the Spartans committed three errors and surrendered nine runs over the final three innings to suffer their first loss.

NW Lehigh 7 Jim Thorpe 3

NEW TRIPOLI - Richard Perry was 3-for-4 with a double, home run, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Tigers past the Olympians in a non-league game.

Perry's hit total included a two-run home run in the sixth inning. Nick Rodriquez also drove in three runs on two hits, including a double.

Christian Gavornik knocked in all three of Jim Thorpe's runs with a double in the seventh inning. `

Hamburg 15 Northern Lebanon 0

FREDERICKSBURG - Joey Cominsky went 2-for-2 with a grand slam and seven RBIs and also pitched a three-inning no-hitter as the Hawks (5-1) rolled past the Vikings.

Brandon Fry also homered for Hamburg, which scored five runs in each at-bat.

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